With Watt Hours In Winter: Riding Through The Cold On An E-Bike

The street scene fits in with the long-rising sales figures for pedelecs: Often dressed in appropriate clothing, with additional reflective strips here and there, and even in bad weather you see them more and more often - the easily gliding e-bikers.

Just because the days are getting shorter and the weather more changeable doesn't mean that the two-wheeler has to be stowed away in the basement or garage for the winter," says Sören Heinze from the Auto Club Europa (ACE). 

Financial Companies Are Seeking The Advantage Of Algorithms Inspired By Quantum Computing

In 1994, Peter Shor, a mathematician, presented an algorithm for quantum computing. With this algorithm, the time it takes to find the prime factors of huge numbers is greatly reduced. Conventional transistor-based computers theoretically needed billions of years, which can be reduced to a few days with quantum computing.

A real revolution, because the decomposition into prime factors is the basis for a large part of today's encryption and IT security infrastructure. Seven years later, in 2001, IBM scientists demonstrated the algorithm for the first time with great success - albeit on a small quantum computer. They proved that quantum computers can be built and that Peter Shor's mathematical algorithm can be implemented.